moustache-twirling

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Behavior associated with villainy. colloquial,figuratively
    — Now, Walter Huston is not of the eyebrow-waving school of cinema actors. He does not go in for moustache-twirling nor nostril-quivering. His is a strong, forceful character. He is not a magazine-cover lad.
  2. An instance of twirling one's moustache.

词形变化

moustache-twirlings plural mustache twirling alternative mustache-twirling alternative moustache twirling alternative

词汇关系

相关词
pantomime villain

词源

The act being a visual trope in film parodies of villains from 19th century melodrama.
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